Dish-washing apparatus.



No. 839,898.; N PATHNTHD IAN. I, 19047.A

" H. H. SMITH.

DISH WASHING APPARATUS. APPLIoATIoN PILIIH PEB. T. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l ROBERT R. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed February 7,1906. Serial No. 299,861-

'.To @ZZ whom it -ma/y con/cerro:

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. SMiTH, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Dish-Washing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a portable dish-washing apparatus having a shell struck up from sheet metal, with a removable wire rack therein for holding the dishes and a double set of removable dashers or blades for agitating water to effect the washing operation. y

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient apparatus having parts that are readily assembled and y dissociated.

In the accompanying drawing there is shown a broken sectional elevation of a dishwashing apparatus embodying the invention.

As shown in the drawing, the shell 1, supported by the feet 2, is suitably formed of sheet metal pressed to shape, with an external bead 3 near the top thereofto engage the detachable cover 4, having the flange 5, which telescopes with the top of the shell-body. A step-bearing 6, fixed to the bottom of the shell, receives the lower end of the shaft 7, which has its upper end journaled in the bearing 8, fixed 1o the cover. A seto. dashers or blades 9 are fixed on the shaft 7 to throw outwardly water contained in the shell, and on the lower end of the shaft are keyed the dashers or blades 10, which act to throw the water transversely to the direction given it by the blades 9, the blades 10 being preferably twisted. A wire rack, comprising the cylindrical portion 11 surrounding the blades 9 and the annulus -or shelf 12 above the blades l0, holds the dishes 13. The rack is supported in the shell by a bearing 14,

fixed to the top of the part 11, within whichthe shaft 7 is journaled, and by ther bead 15 formed in the shell to engage the shelf 12. A valve-controlled outlet 16 is provided in the bottom of the shell, and an inlet 17 at a point near the top thereof. In this construction by detaching the handle 18 from the shaft 7 and removing the lid 4 the rack and shaft, with the blades thereon, can be lifted out sleparately or together and replaced-as readyIn operation the action of the two sets of against all parts of the dishes contained in the rack, thus cleansing them in an effective man- `neri-Va The itwist in the lower blades, like a screw-propeller, provides means for more effectively throwing the water upward in washing and drawing it downward in discharging the water with the solid matter carried thereby. v

Having described my invention, `I claim- 1. A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell and a shaft therein with two sets of blades thereon for driving water in transverse directions.

2. A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell having a vertically-disposed shaft journaled therein with an upper set of blades for dashing outwardly and a lower set of blades for dashing upwardly.

3. A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell with a step-bearing in the bottom and a sleeve-bearing inthe top thereof, a shaft j ournaled in said bearings with blades thereon, and a rack with a shelf exterior tol said blades.

4.` A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell, a shaft j ournaled therein, a rack having a body portion and a shelf projecting therefrom, a set of blades fixed on said shaft so as to act within said body portion and a second set of blades fixed on said shaft so as to act beneath said shelf. l

5. A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell having a body with a step-bearing in the bottom thereof and a detachable top with a sleeve-bearing thereon, a shaft journaled in said bearing, blades on said shaft and a rack having a bearing sleeved on said shelf.

6. A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell, a shaft journaled in said shell, blades fixed on said shaft and extending through the greater part of the interior ofthe shell, and a rack with a cylindrical body surrounding said blades and a shelf exterior to said blades.

7. A dish-washing apparatus comprising a shell, a shaft journaled in said shell, blades fixed on said shaft, and a rack having a cylindrical body with a bearing sleeved on said shaft and a shelf supported by said shellbody. i

8. A dish-washing apparatus comprising ,blades agitates the water, so as to dash it TOO a shell, a shaft journaled in said shell7 an In testimony whereof I have hereunto setupper sel'l of blades for dashing outwardly niyhand,this 31st day ofJanuary,A.D.1906, and a lower set of blades for dashing upin lhe presenee ofthe subscribing Witnesses.

Waidly ixed on said shaft, and a rack having ROBT. R. SMITH. a Cylindrical portion surrounding said irst Witnesses: setI of blades and a shelf above said second LOUIS IVI. BUCK,

set of blades. I-IENRY S. GOLDEY. 

